Why Biden Is a Good Choice

A Hillary Democrat thinks he's the right pitbull for the job.

August 25, 2008 - by Taylor Marsh
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It has been clear for some time that Obama was not going to pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate.

Whatever was necessary for this type of team wasn’t present for an Obama — Clinton ticket. That was my first choice, but it wasn’t meant to be. That said, when the news emerged that Obama had picked Joe Biden, I was excited and enthused about the news.

When Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili wanted to talk to someone about Russia’s invasion of his country, he summoned Joe Biden. This is the foundation of Obama’s choice. The text went out:

I have some important news that I want to make official.

I’ve chosen Joe Biden to be my running mate.

Joe and I will appear for the first time as running mates this afternoon in Springfield, Illinois — the same place this campaign began more than 19 months ago.

I’m excited about hitting the campaign trail with Joe, but the two of us can’t do this alone. We need your help to keep building this movement for change.

Please let Joe know that you’re glad he’s part of our team. Share your personal welcome note and we’ll make sure he gets it: http://my.barackobama.com/welcomejoe

Thanks for your support,

Barack

Leaks happen, but it didn’t come until the day of the official announcement. Besides, as far as getting attention and mining emails, this one was a out and out winner. McCain’s negative ads have already begun.

During the primaries Joe Biden guest blogged on my site on matters of foreign policy, which is the primary subject I cover when it’s not a presidential election year. He wrote about many things, including Iraq and Pakistan. His speeches on the Senate floor on Iraq have been some of the best given.

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Taylor Marsh is a political analyst, talk radio personality, and author. She can be found online at TaylorMarsh.com.

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52 Comments

1. Cletus:

You do realize Biden was completely behind Bush’s foreign policy for quite some time, right?

Aug 25, 2008 - 1:17 am 2. Lee:

I don’t know whether Biden was behind Bush’s foreign policy or not. All I know is that he has tried his best to destroy our military by voting down, repeatedly, pay increases, improvements in equipment and training, and backing from the government.

He is one of the biggest traitors Congress has.

I would love it if he were to meet something terrible in the dark.

Aug 25, 2008 - 2:03 am 3. cwm:

Thank-you Barak Obama and campaign, Joe Biden is the kind of Democrat that keeps getting Republicans elected. Is is a shame that he can run for both senate and vice president. His true calling is being the poster boy for “hair plugs for plagiarist”.

Aug 25, 2008 - 3:49 am 4. JAZ:

Joe Biden is a self-absorbed windbag. Obambi says that he picked Biden because he trusts him enough to listen to him. Well why didn’t Obambi listen to Biden when he said that he would rather lose the primary than vote to cut off funding for the troops?

Obambi claims that he is post partisan and a uniter, but his ego would not let him unite even his own party by picking Hillary. If that is judgment you can have it. As far as I’m concerned he did the Republicans the biggest favor in the world.

Biden has been nominated to be diaper changer-in-chief. Obambi’s latest big decision just proved it.

Aug 25, 2008 - 4:28 am 5. sydney jane:

So, basically, the young, inexperienced man who would be president needs an older, experienced person to tell him what to say and do when it comes to foreign policy. Wasn’t that what many said was one of the problems with Bush – that Cheney was the man behind the curtain pulling the strings?

As an independent (former Democrat) this doesn’t make me feel any better about Obama; in fact, it makes me feel less sure about him. Because, ultimately, I’m electing the president, not the vice president.

Plus, if I recall, when questioned on Saddleback about the people he would go to for advice while president, he said he would go Sam Nunn and Dick Lugar for advice on foreign policy issues.

Aug 25, 2008 - 4:30 am 6. Rachel Peepers:

Taylor:

Since Joe Biden was writing for your blog recently, I assume he mentioned that just a month ago, on “Meet the Press”, he stated in no uncertain terms that, if offered a VP position, he wouldn’t take it, no matter what.

Now, Joe Biden, I think you’ll agree, is a man of his word. Thus, when Joe accepted Obama’s offer to be his Vice President, you must have been flabbergasted because keeping your word has to be a bedrock quality for a politician.

And if you’re dealing with someone that can’t be counted on for veracity, (unless you have him wear a 24 hour lie detector), you don’t know whether or not they’re telling the truth. Do you? Which would compromise Biden’s ability to carry out his day to day duties I should think. People, foreign and domestic, might not trust him. Is that fair to say?

So we have a problem because Joe Biden’s honesty also affects, for instance, whether or not Obama can trust him; can trust that the views he gives are genuine. We can’t afford to play guessing games at this level of government. Now can we?

Of course, if this was an isolated incident, a one time example of Joe’s disinguenuousness, maybe we’re okay.

However, I seem to remember a few other examples. Didn’t Joe Biden admit to plagarism a while back? Oh, that’s not good.

And didn’t Biden say within the last few weeks that Biden doesn’t think Obama is ready to be commander in chief; or possess the necessary qualifications to be President? I think Biden did say that.

Well, it appears the big question involves whether Joe is being straight with us, or does he, as my father used to say with liars, have a clown in his belly?

If true, these revelations must be disquieting for you. Enough obviously to second guess your premise that Joe Biden is a good choice for Vice President.

Joe Biden, as you say, may be the most seasoned in the senate to deal with foreign matters, but considering his honesty and integrity, I mean, if they are lacking, doesn’t that kind of trump the seasoning part; wouldn’t you say? It would seem the detriments of one far outweigh the benefits of the other.

Well, Taylor, these are just a couple of top- of-the-head concerns I have regarding Joe Biden. Think about them. If I’m missing something, please let me know. If I’m right, maybe you’ll reconsider whether you still believe Biden is a good choice. I’m interested to find out what light you can shed on my Joe Biden concerns.

Sincerely,
Rachel Peepers
Charleston, IL

Aug 25, 2008 - 4:37 am 7. Lorne:

Thank God For the Demoocratic political machine. Now with Biden at the great one’s side, there is glimmer of hope. If everyone with any sense, get’s off their behinds to get the vote out for Mcain, he will be President.

Aug 25, 2008 - 5:22 am 8. lester tobias:

When a President needs to look to the Vice-President for “strength and steady helmsmanship”, the wrong guy is at the top of the ticket. You basically sunk your own thesis.

McCain wins 55%-45%

Aug 25, 2008 - 6:11 am 9. Dane:

Taylor:

I don’t see why Joe Biden’s foreign policy experience is at all relevant. He is being nominated for the position of Vice President, where his only job will be to preside over the Senate. He would only be able to influence an Obama administration’s foreign policy in an unofficial capacity… and Obama already has foreign policy advisors.

Aug 25, 2008 - 6:15 am 10. DD:

The unaccomplished law school professor teams up with the serial plagiarist. Unbelievable. The Dems must have a death wish.

Aug 25, 2008 - 6:34 am 11. rocketeer:

Dane – Yeah, Obama already has foreign policy advisers, his wife and his grandmother. I’m really looking forward to the drubbing he’s going to get during the election.

Aug 25, 2008 - 7:02 am 12. mjk:

I thought Obama is a new kinda politician who would never ever use negative politics or attack ads against his rival for the Presidency. Interesting.

Aug 25, 2008 - 7:13 am 13. Dane:

rocketeer:

I was thinking more along the lines of Zbigniew Brzezinski and Richard Danzig.

Aug 25, 2008 - 7:14 am 14. Lisa:

BIg omission in this article – Biden’s stand on Iran. It is brutally reactionary. Biden was one of only four senators to vote NO on defining the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a terrorist organization. Some foreign policy expert. What planet is he on? (Planet bribery?)

Aug 25, 2008 - 7:16 am 15. PAPPY:

these two pompous asses would lock horns all the time,If elected. they already went their seperate ways to spread their toxic lies and hate. neither one of them would make a pimple on an honest mans butt.

Aug 25, 2008 - 7:42 am 16. Taylor Marsh:

Well, not only did John McCain praise Biden, but Joe happens to be better on foreign policy than your own candidate who doesn’t even know what countries border Pakistan. That he didn’t even mention the war in Afghanistan until Democrats reminded him of the Taliban gaining strength is equally embarrassing for you, I realize.

It’s also ironic that the minute Biden was picked the GOP went berserk with negative material. Obviously, someone is freaked about Lunch Bucket Joe and what he can do for Obama in Pennsylvania and Florida.

As for “planet bribery,” you’d be better off talking to McCain’s man Randy Schueneman about that. Georgia’s been paying him for months.

Too bad when things got rough Georgia President Mikheil Saakashvili called Biden, but not McCain’s favorite neocon.

Aug 25, 2008 - 8:00 am 17. jenna:

Oh Biden does a great job with foreign policy — just look at what his plan for Iraq was. (yes, this is high sarcasm) Between Joe Biddy and Barry O, we really will have a team with imperialist tendencies running the show (with the help of their little friends in Congress and let’s not forget the judiciary). Imperialistic tendencies with a hamstrung military and a domestic Praetorian Guard (O’s national stormtroopers, er, volunteer security force). Sounds like a recipe for some fun for America — how long would it take us to climb out of that hole? Can we?

I suppose he’s good at foreign relations because after listening to him long enough, any country would be more than happy to capitulate just to shut him up. That must be the Obama-Biden strategy — they’ll speechify the world into submission! The masses will bow down in adulation (or at least cower from the verbal bombardment).

Aug 25, 2008 - 8:05 am 18. Ange:

Who wasn’t behind Bush’s foreign policy besides Obama??? Out of all the choices that were left on the table Biden was the best choice. But in reality REPUBLICANS would have nit picked at anyone Barack were to choose. But what perplexes me is how naive the Hillary lovers are to let the McCain people exploit them.

Why would anyone want to choose misery over change. There is a very thin line between sanity and an insanity to want not want to improve the world. I guess that’s Democracy for you (you have the right to choose good or bad). I choose the good VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN.

Aug 25, 2008 - 8:25 am 19. Jeff:

I think Biden was a practical pick to solidify the left wing of the party.

Senator Tom Harkin thought Obama should pick a VP with experience in the Senate. He felt that Al Gore did a terrible job as Clinton’s VP, and Cheney did an excellent job as Bush’s VP.

Biden knows the Senate. He will meet with legislators to push their agenda. They will be speaking from common ground.

Biden did not hurt Obama with his electorate, but it didn’t help him get the center either. Evan Bayh would have been a good pick for the center, but would not have been as strong on foreign policy. So Obama is calculating that he can get the center voters, or he is counting on huge massive registration with a lot of new voters turning out. These voters will be black (lock step with Obama) or young college age kids that are so wet behind the ears they don’t know what really works in the real world. They will vote for a dream. Obama is also calculating on exploiting “white guilt”, where a voter feels it’s time for a black man to be in the White House.

McCain should pick someone that is either a female conservative(Kay Bailey Hutchinson), someone that will poll strong in the midwest (John Engle, Tommy Thompson, Pawlenty) or someone that shores up the conservative base (Mark Sanford).

IF McCain plays his cards right, he wins the center Reagan Democrats that will not vote for Obama. It will be a tight race, and one that will change week to week. First race that is really influenced by the internet as well.

Aug 25, 2008 - 8:50 am 20. Taylor Marsh:

Brava Ange. Well said.

You are absolutely dead on about McCain’s people exploiting the “naive.. Hillary lovers.” I don’t understand any of the unhinged fringe choosing “misery over change.”

Vote O-Biden!

Aug 25, 2008 - 8:53 am 21. Jane Austen:

I’d rather have Hillary in the Senate where she can be a force for the Democratic platform and I have said this from the beginning. Having supported her throughout the primaries being VP would diminish whatever progress she might make on health care and other Democratic issues near and dear to her heart. I’m in total agreement with Biden being Obama’s VP pick. I know all the so called baggage regarding Biden and still consider him a good pick.

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:01 am 22. JF:

With you Taylor on Biden. It’s about time we get somebody serious in the executive branch to handle foreign affairs. 8 years of running it on closing our ears, talking tough, and sending the troops somewhere …. anywhere has left the rest of the world not listening to or taking us seriously. Don’t know if many here focused on the news last week that Iraq signed their 1st big oil deal since the war …… WITH CHINA. Between helping the Chinese get oil and getting rid of Iran’s biggest enemy, Mccain and Bush have helped our enemies enough and done all the damage we can afford …. check that … all that we can borrow! Biden foolishly went with Bush into Iraq, but pretty quickly – at least 2005 – correctly called it a mistake.

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:06 am 23. LD:

Good article, Taylor, I have ‘loved’ Biden ever since he wrote and pushed through the Violence Against Women Act. He will be an asset to the Obama Administration, as will his wife, Dr Jill Biden, who is an expert on education and has a number of experience as a regular classroom teacher.

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:16 am 24. Vanessa:

You could have made your “attack dog” point about Biden without abusing the pitbull stereotype. Because of this kind of lazy journalism, pitbulls are the most misunderstood and abused dog breed on the planet. And as a result, hundreds of these dogs are NEEDLESSLY killed every single day in shelters across America.

Here are the facts:

All pitbulls are not attack dogs. All attack dogs are not pitbulls.

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:16 am 25. justlen:

Great article.

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:16 am 26. Lake Lady:

I’m with you Taylor on the Biden pick. However, I wish you would stop with the harsh unhinged fringe theme. I don’t think it helps, just makes people dig their heels in more.

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:26 am 27. Z. Mulls:

There are a lot of stereotypes and memes about Biden that should be retired by this point. Most of what I know about Biden comes from Richard Ben Cramer’s “What It Takes” about the men who ran in 1988. The incredibly detailed, and well-written, biographical info in there give a picture of Biden on and off the stump that made me want him to run for President again. (It’s a 1000+ page book and Biden first appears on page 248 for those who are skimming).

Most people either don’t know or didn’t remember about the family tragedy and the brain aneurysm — and I didn’t realize he was “poor” by Senate standards.

I watched Biden run the Bork hearings and watched him question Bork closely. Smart, smart guy.

I’ve had my issues with some of his votes, some serious ones, but I don’t expect to agree with a candidate all the time. Biden’s Iraq plan, for partition, had its flaws, but at the time there were no good plans whatsoever. Biden presented it as the best of a very bad lot, and backed up his plan with detailed thoughts. So even if I or you didn’t agree with it, here was a guy who was willing to think it through in detail and come up with a proposed solution. That’s worth something.

I think it’s a solid choice for a lot of reasons, and I’m with Taylor.

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:43 am 28. Dave II:

If Biden is now Obama’s pitbull…it’s obvious he didn’t get his needed shots.

He still has “foot-in-mouth” disease!

OBAMA BIN BIDEN ‘08!

Yeeaahhhh! THAT’s the ticket!

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:47 am 29. Betsy:

Great article Taylor. Biden is a great pick. He will go after McCain for sure.

Aug 25, 2008 - 9:51 am 30. Retep:

Taylor
Have lemons? Make lemonade.
I don’t think even you believe what you’re saying here.

Aug 25, 2008 - 10:09 am 31. mee:

do you really think once his “coincidental” ties to JOE CARI and Bill Daley come out this will be good????Rezko to Obama convicted felon and now Joe Cari to Binden (1988) and tied to the DALEY MACHINE” come on Americans are TIRED of Dirty politics and more and more Obama is being tied to sooooooo many dirty ties and now Binden all blinders are coming off and not soon enough!!!

Aug 25, 2008 - 10:20 am 32. YankeeGal:

Taylor, your article is spot on! Biden is a great pick for the ticket. He’s smart, a fighter, and he supports womens rights. Obama/Biden 08!

Aug 25, 2008 - 10:22 am 33. cellisis:

It really makes no difference now to elect Obama or McCain. They both flip/flop to the same ideas more or less. Obama actually makes McCain looks a better choice of the 2 now, by his changing positions and picking VP Biden. Nobama please!

Aug 25, 2008 - 10:26 am 34. Dark Helmet:

“pit bull”?

How is it that a symbol of everything that democrats like to make fun of is now a staus symbol for the extreme left?

Me thinks ‘Bull’ is half of what you say. The rest lies between democrats ears.

Aug 25, 2008 - 10:30 am 35. Patterson:

“No one knows better how Bush’s policy, which McCain has embraced, failed this nation, but most particularly our armed forces.”

Most particularly our armed forces, huh? Excuse me but it has not failed our armed forces at all. We have not only met the benchmarks but we have blown them away. On top of that, me being a part of our nations armed forces I can tell you very few people in the armed forces feel the same way you do. Who are you to say it has failed us? You mean we have had to do our job, is that it? By choosing Barack Hussein Obama he is going to destroy our armed forces just like Clinton did. I blame Clinton for most of the deaths early on in OIF/OEF. If it wasn’t for that idiot cutting military spending we would have had the right equipment when we first arrived in country. Instead we were forced to use scrap metal out of Iraqi junk yards to armor our vehicles with until they caught up with manufacturing more expensive vehicles with heavy armor. Get ready because he is going to do the same thing…strip our military down to bare-bones again. Barack Hussein Obama’s policy will fail this nation but most particularly our armed forces.

SGT Patterson
US Army

Aug 25, 2008 - 10:32 am 36. Tito:

Biden is an inspired choice. I can’t say enough good things about him. Luckily, he’ll say enough good things about himself that I won’t have to bother. One of the best things about him is if he’s ever at a loss for words, he’ll borrow them from someone else and use them like they’re his own. Plus, he has a higher IQ than anyone else and is not ashamed to tell you that. He sees his self-absorbedness and vacuity as the virtues they are rather than the vices we less worthy mortals pretend them to be. With two such men as Obama and Biden leading the way, heaven on earth will be a reality next January.

Aug 25, 2008 - 11:02 am 37. JAZ:

Taylor: You bet Shakasvilli asked for Biden who lapped up the opportunity to get in front of the cameras. Give “windbag” Biden a mic and he’ll grab it Shakashvilli was no fool, he needed to shore up democrat support and he knew exactly where to go for that.

But who did Shakashvilli quote to the Georgian’s for hope when the Russian’s were moving their tanks in. And who was the one who pressed their cause. You got it Johnny Mac.

That is leadership. Obambi and his diaper changer-in-chief are just a photo-op. Let’s face even dems like the Clintons who have actually won the presidency twice know it. I think it’s high time you guys face it as well.

Aug 25, 2008 - 11:50 am 38. Dane:

Patterson:

This is not a new phenomenon by any means. I encourage anyone interested to look into Democratic President Harry Truman and his massive defense budget cutting during the period between WWII and Korea. Carter and Clinton are just the most recent examples of our military being left in dire straits by a Democratic White House.

Aug 25, 2008 - 11:56 am 39. Taylor Marsh:

Thanks YankeeGal! Still waiting for Biden to take down McCain or the Mittster (if he’s the veep), with a classic “a noun, a verb, and 9/11″ like sound bite.

Aug 25, 2008 - 12:31 pm 40. Taylor Marsh:

SGT Patterson, thank you so much for your service. My brother is a Marine, from another generation, with my Uncle Dick having been a pilot in WWII.

However, the truth is just as I said, with the military giving to Barack Obama 6 to 1 over McCain.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/08/troops-deployed-abroad-give-61.html

Aug 25, 2008 - 12:34 pm 41. SAF:

Biden is a good pick, if you want McCain to win.

Aug 25, 2008 - 12:45 pm 42. John Austin fitness:

Not only did he plagiarize Neil Kinnock, he further exaggerated and lied as well. Neil: “My ancestors worked eight hours in the coal mine and them played football”. Joe Biden who had no ancestors working in any coal mines ever: “My ancestors worked 12 hours in the coal mines and then played four hours of football”.

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/23/flashback-the-obligatory-i-think-i-probably-have-a-much-higher-iq-than-you-do-clip/

Truth:
no scholarship
graduated at the bottom of his law school class
Took a zero in one course for plagiarizing and had to repeat the course.

Aug 25, 2008 - 12:52 pm 43. burroughs:

Taylor — You’ve really become the complete apparatchik. If something can be construed with the current line from Dem party headquarters, you are down with it.

However, the truth is just as I said, with the military giving to Barack Obama 6 to 1 over McCain.

No, what you said, was: “No one knows better how Bush’s policy, which McCain has embraced, failed this nation, but most particularly our armed forces.”

You cite a tiny table of statistics of less 300 soldiers on their political donations as though it were meaningful. According to those statistics Ron Paul is almost neck and neck with Obama. But no matter, it seems to support your point and that’s good enough.

You should be ashamed of fobbing off Sgt. Patterson that way. He knows whereof he speaks. You don’t, or at least you don’t care.

Aug 25, 2008 - 1:19 pm 44. Banafsheh:

On Friday, Aug. 22nd, reading David Brooks gushing article about Mr. Biden in the NY Time, made me shudder, as does this above item. As an Iranian activist, as well as a registered American Democrat who faces the cute media sentimentality over the flaws of some politicians, I realize that I live in a country where it’s not the content of the message/person/action but the form that counts; as long as it’s all wrapped in a nice package, well then, that’s all that matters.

I’m amazed that Mr. Brooks did not look into Mr. Biden’s on-going flirtations with the Mullahs over the years. His willingness to go to attend fundraisers (for his senatorial re-election) at the houses of rather questionable millionaire Iranians in Belair, who are founders of the Islamic Faith (Iman) Foundation and known to have deep ties with the Mullahs and whose specific task is to promote the archaic-minded, patriarchal despots reigning over Iran, is disconcerting to say the least. Also Mr. Brooks has clearly failed to look into the other Iranians who Mr. Biden has supported vs. the one who he has refused to connect with, lest they take him to task for his connections to the Qom-on-Belair Iranians. Not one Iranian that I know of, who is against dialoguing with the Mullahs has ever been bestowed an audience with this foreign policy maven of a Senator. Mr. Biden’s “discrete” meetings with various envoys of the Mullacracy, in European cities, in the presence of disreputable Mullah-supporting members of the European Parliament is also well-known among us Iranians who do have very decent proposals which Mr. Biden has recalcitrantly refused to consider.

Another unfortunate situation is Mr. Biden’s connection to one Houshang Amir-Ahamdi who though a professor at Rutgers University is the founder of a rather objectionable organization called the American Iranian Council (AIC) – which has some of the shadiest characters who were involved in the oil-for-food scandal on the various boards. Amir-Ahmadi is an admitted supporter of the regime in Tehran and goes back and forth to Iran to meet with the Supreme Leader of the Khomeinist regime, Khamenei himself, as well as the holocaust-denying, Israel-threatening Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mr. Amir-Ahmadi in fact nominated himself for president of Iran in 2005. I can go on about Mr. Amir-Ahmadi but in the interest of time, I will suffice it to these few comments. Mr. Biden has been flown to various events and lodged at the most expensive hotels by Mr. Amir-Ahamdi and his group in order to promote the feckless and rather destructive notion of normalization of relations with a regime that continues to execute innocent Iranians of all ages, sexes, creeds, religions and backgrounds. Mr. Biden is the last person who I as an Democrat would nominate as a vice president, all partisan sentimentality aside.

Finally let us not forget that Mr. Biden is the man who was talking about chopping Iraq up to a bunch of tiny pieces where ethnic violence would have absolutely obliterated the region…not to mention the fact that it is FAR from Mr. Biden’s place to call for such a thing. THAT is outright imperialism if I’ve ever seen it.

Aug 25, 2008 - 2:45 pm 45. RustyG:

If you think Biden was a good choice then I am in total agreement. However, when so many people who have a burning desire to see Obama defeated agree with you, I would question my thesis.

President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden. A leftists dream…..an American nightmare.

Aug 25, 2008 - 3:10 pm 46. Terry Gain:

The Donkeys think an arrogant loudmouthed dummy, who – without even consulting Iraqis – proposed that Iraq be partitioned, is somehow going to stop the Obama campaign bleeding.

It will become perfectly clear duting this election camapaign when his plan is debated that Biden’s plan would have plunged Iraq from low level sectarian violence into a full scale civil war. As hard as it is to imagine, Obama chose a running mate who is even more incompetent on the Iraq issue than himself.

Aug 25, 2008 - 3:39 pm 47. Patterson:

“However, the truth is just as I said, with the military giving to Barack Obama 6 to 1 over McCain.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/08/troops-deployed-abroad-give-61.html

Contributions from All Military Personnel
Obama, Barack $335,536 859
McCain, John $280,513 558

How is this 6:1 for all military? I admit he’s getting a bit more but how is this 6:1? You need to read the article in its entirety and stop snipping one liners and manipulating what it actually says. It was 6:1 for one month out of the year so far FOR DEPLOYED TROOPS. Being deployed is a miserable event when you are away from your family members and loved ones. So you mean to tell me that most of the money being sent home as campaign donations is for someone who is anti-war? You mean to tell me someone who is living in a hell hole away from their family because we are at war is sending home donations to someone who opposes the war? Makes sense. It’s a silent form of protesting the war from inside of the military. However, that 6:1 number you popped out does not encompass the entire military. You might as well had interviewed a soldier under direct fire saying something like, “So does this suck? Do you want to come home yet?” You’ll get the same results.

SGT Patterson
US Army

Aug 25, 2008 - 5:31 pm 48. Patterson:

The 859 and the 558 are supposed to be spaced out away from the donation amounts a little better. They depict the number of donations.

Aug 25, 2008 - 5:33 pm 49. jenna:

I’ve got direct contact with the military, and from what I’ve heard the only soldiers and marines who are really behind Barack are those getting out of active and into reservist category. There were more Hillary supporters than Barack supporters — main reason, support of the war and a fear that Obama will not only fubar up what has been accomplished in Iraq, but will also gut the military (moreso than Truman, Carter, or Clinton) in a time of war and international unrest.

Aug 25, 2008 - 6:40 pm 50. BC:

Biden never cheated on then divorced his wife like McCain did. Biden never associated and helped crooks the way McCain did with Charles Keating (McCain was one of he “Keating Five”.) By all accounts Biden is a nice, chatty, modest guy who commutes to his home in Delaware by train every day (although the Secret Service is likely not going to tolerate any more of this), whereas McCain is known for his hot tempered, foul mouthed explosions, and God knows where he commutes to because he apparently doesn’t know where he lives. Since 1991 Biden taught a seminar on constitutional law at the Widener University School of Law as an adjunct professor, whereas McCain still can’t grasp that all of the excuses and “evidence” Bush gave for invading Iraq have turned out to deliberate and bogus nonsense.

So with the Democrats you already have two much better guys than McCain, and McCain doesn’t exactly have many good pickings to choose from for his VP.

Aug 26, 2008 - 6:20 am 51. ReCon USMC:

Biden has the ”Third “” most Liberal Voting
record in the Senate at 94 % .Obama is “”Number One”" at 97 % .There are 5 Liberal / Socialist Senators tied for Number Two slot at 95 % ….. Kerry , Shummer , Kennedy , Durban and of course Reid .
21 Liberal Socialist Senators are rated at 90 % or better with far left voting records .
Its called the block head mentally !

Aug 26, 2008 - 2:58 pm 52. Ed Wallis:

Deval Patrick/Neil Kinnock ‘08!

Oh, these frauds….

Aug 26, 2008 - 3:53 pm

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